Reviews written by: Alex

Reviews

5M3 - 5M3

5m3? Well, that´s a strange name. What does it mean? 5 cubic meters? Anyway, let´s take a look at the history of these Dutch musicians. After releasing self-financed promotional CD´s in 2003 and 2005, “5m3” is the bands current output. It seems to be another self-financed one, but I´m not quite sure which kind of target audience was meant to be app...

14/12/2009

Siege To Power - Siege To Power

Hailing from the Rome area, Italy, Siege To Power is a bunch of musicians that committed themselves to the original and traditional Hardcore style in the vein of the mid 90's NYC stuff. Obviously this self-titled promo recording is the bands very first release, but you can hear the enthusiastic and spirited dedication in every single note. Ok, the...

10/12/2009

Blastanus - Odd

Blastanus is a congeries of four Finish musicians sharing the same love and interest for extreme and twisted Death / Grind. “Odd” is the bands first sign of life since their founding back in 2007 and let me tell you it´s a weird one. What you get is fast, relentless Death Metal / Grindcore stuff with lots of disharmonic tunes and pretty harsh vocal...

05/12/2009

Vermin - Define: Divine

Vermins current release “Define: Divine” is another nice addition to the backcatalogue of Deity Down Records. This small Dutch label is already responsible for the newest releases of Thanatos, Escutcheon or Devious and it seems like Vermin found its place among those acts without any difficulties. “Define: Divine” is the bands third full length alb...

29/11/2009

Infest - Moshroom

Are you into bands like Gadget, Afgrund, Nasum or similar merchants of brilliant extremity? If not, try to avoid this release. But if you´re into modern and relentless Grindcore, Infest´s the right band for you. These French dudes totally live up to the name Grindcore and their newest output “Moshroom” will kick any receptive listeners ass with eas...

26/11/2009

Curimus - Humanity... For Sale

Finland always got a huge and pulsating Metal scene. Just think of bands like Demigod, Torsofuck, Rotten Sound, Impaled Nazarene or Children Of Bodom to name just a few. Curimus is another act hailing from the cold Finnish spheres and “Humanity… For Sale” is the bands third demo after the release of “Curimus” in 2006 and “Under My Skin” in 2008. Th...

23/11/2009

My Own Grave - Necrology

My Own Graves story started back in 2001 with the release of a demo entitled “New Path / Same Path”, which was followed by 3 more demos offered between 2002 and 2004. The bands first full length album “Unleash” saw the light of day in 2006 and an EP called “Unholy” was released one year later. “Necrology” is the bands next sign of life and these du...

09/11/2009

Bring Your Own Knife - End

Bring Your Own Knife is a pretty young band from the town of Motala, Sweden. It was founded back in 2006 and these guys released a self-financed demo called “Regrets From Inner Void” a year later. Well, I don´t know this demo, so I´m unable to say anything about the bands musical progress, but what I´ve heard on “End” is a double-edged case. Bring...

08/11/2009

Bone Gnawer - Feast Of Flesh

This is another release by Pulverised Records from Singapore. If you take a look at Bone Gnawers line-up, you´ll certainly find some famous names: Kam Lee of mighty Massacre and Rogga Johansson of Ribspreader, Paganizer, Those Who Bring The Torture,… I wonder how many more bands this guy will bring to life, because most of them differ in just a mar...

30/10/2009

Prejudice - Megalomanic Infest

Are you ready for a mindblowing trip into the spheres of musical extremity? Then sit back, relax and continue to read… Belgiums Prejudice is active since 1993 and a known name in the world wide underground scene. They already released 2 demos back in 1994 and 1996 as well as 3 full length albums and a 3 Way Split CD with Carnal Decay from Switze...

29/10/2009

The Few Against Many - Sot

“Sot” is the very first sign of life of The Few Against Many, a band consisting of (former) members of Scar Symmetry, Incapacity and Demiurg to name just a few. This album was released by the Singaporean label Pulverised Records and starts with the uptempo track “Hädanfärd” to herald 36 minutes of melodic Death Metal with technical elements and key...

28/10/2009

Code Of Honour - Visions Of Chaos

Hailing from Hildesheim, Germany, Code Of Honour rose from the ashes of Raksasas and previously launched two self-released demos back in 2005 and 2006. After a short introduction, the band starts to spread their musical vision among the receptive listeners. Code Of Honours style can be described as a heavy and well produced cocktail of Bolt Thrower...

26/10/2009